Name:
Lyle Richard Kater
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-737131
Unit:
52nd Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-01-27
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Born 1 November 1921 to Fred Herman and Rachel Edith (Schmidt) Kater. Pilot of the Spitfire s/n JK602 WD that took off from Calvi, Corsica at 10:05 am on 27 Jan 44 to do a sweep of the aerodrome in Luc Le Canet/La Grande Bastide (83). Hit in aerial comabet over Pierrefeu du Var and crashed SE of the Islands of Hyeres at 1100. Listed as Missing in Action.